Oatmeal Creme Pies

These cookies knock the socks off of Oatmeal Creme Pies by Little Debbie. And I LOVE her cookies! In fact, I love them so much, that when Dave and I were poor newly wed college students we spent our last dollar and some change on a box of them to hold us over until pay day. Well, these will hold you over too until you crave them again and have to make another batch!

Adapted from Yummy Fun

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups butter, softened

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

3 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg and vanilla, beating well. Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Add to the butter mixture; stir until well blended --mixture will be drier. Drop by rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart onto a greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 8 - 10 minutes. Don't over cook. Cool on pan 1 to 2 minutes. Remove cookies from pan; cool on wire racks.

When cool spread 1 tablespoon Cream Filling over each bottom side of half of a cookies. Top with remaining cookies, right side up to make a cookie sandwich.

Cream Filling

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 cups powdered sugar

1 to 2 tablespoons whipping cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 oz cream cheese, softened

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Beat with a electric mixer on low speed until combined, scraping bowl. Beat on high until light and fluffy.